Day 357: Happy Christmas New Zealand!

Quote of the Day

"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well." - Abraham Lincoln

Training

Cardio 20 min.

Stretch 20 min.

Comments

Sleep - Time and Quality: WTF is up with me these days?! I slept for nearly 12 hours! Woke with a screaming migraine to boot - so very uncool.

Energy: Feel like the walking dead.

Stress: High as ever.

Quality of Training: Decent.

Other Notes: HAPPY CHRISTMAS NEW ZEALAND! If I was back home now, I would be celebrating Christmas in the summer sun with family and a real Christmas tree - I actually miss it. Will ring the family later today . . . Ironically, I finish my current bottle of Erase tomorrow (not happy about that either), and I finished my current bottle of Lipotrophin-PM yesterday. Not got much BLACK CATS left either - at this rate, I'm going to be going into 2011 with barely even my STAPLES. Ah well, time to start the New Year off with a fresh, clean canvas to paint new chapters of my life on . . .

Day 308: My Strengths are also Weaknesses!

Quote of the Day

"God often attaches a major weakness to a major strength . . . God wants to use your weaknesses, not just your strengths . . . Sometimes, however, God turns a strength into a weakness in order to use us even more." - Rick Warren, The Purpose Drive Life

Music Video of the Day

Casting Crowns - Who am I

Training

HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min easy
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 8 x 60 sec effort/30 sec easy

Gym - Full-Body (30 sec recovery):
1. BB Bent Over Row 1 x 20
2. Overhead BB Squat 1 x 20
3. Dips 1 x 20
4. Ab Wheel Rollout 1 x 20
5. Wide-Grip Lat Pull-Downs (in squat position, knees and hips at 90 degree flexion) 1 x 20
6. Incline BB Bench Press 1 x 20
7. BB Romanian Deadlifts (plates to touch floor) 1 x 20
8. Close-Grip BB Bicep Curls 1 x 20
9. Hanging Straight-Leg Raises 1 x 20

Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.

Stretch 22 min.

Comments

Sleep - Time and Quality: Since I got home from my night work on Thursday, the pain in my stomach has meant the foetal position and passing in and out of sleep until ~1000 this morning.

Energy: I have no energy - the pain is draining any I might have away - and anything I DO do is forced.

Mental Focus and Clarity: Don't really want to concentrate on anything, even though I MUST.

Stress: HIGH!

Joints: Dry, clicking continuing.

Endurance: Fine.

Strength: Less about strength than it was in just getting a session DONE.

Pump: None.

Vascularity: None.

Quality of Training: HIIT was ok . . . Resistance training was ok. Didn't feel like I did anything, because most of my focus - despite trying not to - was on the pain in my stomach . . .

Recovery: Only place that hurts is something I can't fix with rest and recovery.

Other Notes: Stomach pain is a little duller today - at least I can get up and walk around without wanting to scream or just sit right back down and curl up into a tight, little ball. Because I've passed out and forgotten to dose Triazole pre-bed those nights, I have a couple of extra days left on it, and will be finishing on Tuesday instead of tomorrow . . . I also used the last of my current bottle of Lipotrophin-PM yesterday . . .

Day 239: "It's a fine line between determination and obsession"

Training

HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min easy
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 8 x 60 sec effort/30 sec easy

Gym - Full-Body (1 min recovery between exercises):
1. Crunches (hips at 90 degree flexion, legs fully extended, to touch toes) 1 x 20
2. Reverse Curl (on floor) 1 x 20
3. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 1 x 20
4. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB under chest) 1 x 20
5. Lateral Raises 1 x 20
6. Supinated BB Bent Over Rows 1 x 20
7. Flat BB Bench Press 1 x 20
8. Single-Leg Deadlifts (with twist and lateral reach) 1 x 20 per leg

Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.

Posing Practice 5 min.

Stretch 20 min.

Comments

Mood/Aggression: I'm fairly calm. Could be called a good mood, I guess . . .

Energy: Took some time to get there, but I got there.

Stimulant Effects: None.

Mental Focus and Clarity: There all day.

Metabolism: Pretty good.

Appetite: I have noticed that if I dose Alpha-T2 and Shred Matrix together (pm), if I eat, I can only eat HALF as much as what I would normally be able to shovel down, and definitely not be able to shovel what I can eat down fast at all . . . But, given the way my tummy is after everything I eat, today it's going to be peanut butter/oils (I get in at least 60g of good fats daily) and BC+EAA (I'm using 50-60g a day of this) . . .

Stress: I am trying not to let it bother me until next week - then it can start knocking again, but right now, I can't be bothered.

Endurance: Good.

Strength: Fine - not about strength though.

Pump: Hard and fast and not as painful as they have been lately.

Vascularity: Stronger.

Quality of Training: HIIT was good - feeling it in my hips (tight) . . . Resistance session was short and intense and definitely effective . . . My arms are still smarting a bit from resistance training and posing practice . . .

Body Composition and Look: Got told that the "V" in my hips is starting to pop . . .

Other Effects: Still thirsty as . . . And burning up . . .

Other Notes: Got some more NeoVar Recomped and Lipotrophin-PM yesterday, so back to using them from then . . . . "It's a fine line between determination and obsession." - Jasper, Unnatural History: The Warrior's Heart. A fitting quote from an episode with a fitting title. Definitely true, though. I'm more OBSESSION than determination . . .

Day 236: Burning Up

Training

HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min easy
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 8 x 60 sec effort/30 sec easy

Gym - Shoulders (30 sec recovery between alternate sets):
Alternate Set A -
1. Behind-the-Neck BB Military Press 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 12
Alternate Set B -
3. BB Military Press 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
4. Lateral Raises 4 x 12
Alternate Set C -
5. Ab Rollouts 4 x 10
6. Hanging Straight-Leg Raises (toes to touch bar) 4 x 8

Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.

Posing Practice 5 min.

Stretch 21 min.

Comments

Sleep - Time and Quality: So, my body has fallen into a pattern over the last week. I AM sleeping, yes, and regardless of what time I fall asleep, I am waking up ~1130, which is VERY frustrating (I don't like getting up so late!) But, at least I am sleeping . . . Right? . . . Woke with a huge pressure migraine and pain in my head, like I had a head cold or something . . .

Mood/Aggression: Been pretty calm, with a few rants interspersed throughout.

Energy: Took a while to get some today, but once I got it, I GOT IT! I even mowed the lawns after training - that took 55 minutes.

Stimulant Effects: None.

Mental Focus and Clarity: Definitely there. Can't be anything but these days.

Metabolism: Fine.

Appetite: Don't really have one, and considering I feel nauseous and get a very sore and upset stomach after EVERYthing I eat, no matter what or in what quantity, I'm not surprised. Been having a LOT of BC+EAA!

Stress: High.

Libido: For some interesting reason, my BODY has been INcessant with an "I want it now!" effect.

Endurance: Definitely up to par.

Strength: Good.

Pump: Anterior delts, albeit not as painful as they have been in previous resistance sessions, which is good.

Vascularity: Good. Shoots up when I apply DermaTherm or LipoBURN post-shower.

Quality of Training: HIIT was good - feeling legs a little, though . . . Resistance session was fine. Found myself a little hypoglycaemic pre-training, which gave me the chills for a bit, but they passed and my lifting wasn't affected. Really pushing it, since I didn't really feel in the mood for training, honestly - but whether I'm in the mood for it or not is NOT an option . . . Started with my first day of posing practice as well. The way my body was feeling - especially my shoulders - this was an effort, even for 5 minutes. I'll gradually increase the period as time goes on, aiming for 5-10 minutes daily for now . . .

Recovery: When I woke this morning, I was shattered.

Body Composition and Look: Opposite to what usually happens when I lose fat, my body is losing the fat from my UPPER body first this time - I usually lose it from my legs and glutes first. Interesting. My legs are looking too heavy for my liking, especially with the additional lean mass there, and I'm NOT liking it!

Other Effects: Thirsty, all the time . . . On top of that, the last week I have been very HOT. My body temperature seems to have increased somewhat, and sometimes it is too MUCH for me, especially on top of the weather. Even at night, I overheat when I'm sleeping (contributing to morning migraines), despite the fan going . . .

Other Notes: I finished my bottle of Lipotrophin-PM yesterday, but will be using it again when I get more.